: a large circular tuba that has a flared adjustable bell compare helicon
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New Orleans is a town where a trombone can cause a traffic jam, and a sousaphone can lure a thousand people into the streets.—Jenny Adams, CNN Money, 5 Oct. 2025 Trevor was the guy who brought a sousaphone with him.—Pat Blashill, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2025 Along with the sousaphone and the steel drum, the saxophone is one of only a few acoustic instruments invented over the past two centuries to have enjoyed any sort of broad popularity, at least in Western music.—Matthew Sherrill, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025 They were flanked by a sousaphone and guitar player for the NOLA-inspired, jaunty take on the song.—Katie Atkinson, Billboard, 9 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sousaphone
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